Relating to Descartes, author of "Cogito ergo sum" to demonstrate the reality of human existence; the dictum might be improved: "Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum" - "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach. From LearnThat.org. [Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914).]
Some say his most famous dictum is to "pick the time and place of your battles". From Wordnik.com. [need recipe] Reference
The good sense of this dictum is very apparent, but its constitutionality is extremely doubtful. From Wordnik.com. [The Secession of Virginia, and the American Civil War] Reference
As a well-known dictum from the late-70s essay Shelley. From Wordnik.com. [Professing Literature: John Guillory's Misreading of Paul de Man] Reference
Should we coin the dictum, "There are no capitalists in a bear market?". From Wordnik.com. [ScrappleFace] Reference
The dictum is the traditional opening for the fairy-tale, translated, usually and aptly, as "once upon a time.". From Wordnik.com. [History against Historicism, Formal Matters, and the Event of the Text: De Man with Benjamin] Reference
There is a Latin dictum: Bis repetita placent-to express the idea that "what is twice repeated gives pleasure.". From Wordnik.com. [Peoples and Nations in a Changing World] Reference
He was recalling a dictum once pronounced by Mr. Bines. From Wordnik.com. [The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation] Reference
(Balzac coined a dictum roughly translated as: "Behind every great fortune is a great crime."). From Wordnik.com. [Hometown Boys:] Reference
On the whole, I agree with Mr. Arnold that parody is a vile art; but the dictum is a little too sweeping. From Wordnik.com. [Collections and Recollections] Reference
The challenge facing business schools is to make sure that this dictum is as applicable today as in his time. From Wordnik.com. [Business Education in Canada: A Blueprint For Change] Reference
He added that there was never a "dictum" to have a public meeting. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"Don't you recall his dictum that 'a second example is not an explanation '?. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from the Old Attic] Reference
He created in dictum. posted by Eric 10: 51 PM |. From Wordnik.com. [IsThatLegal?] Reference
Until then, Shakespeare's dictum is worth heeding. From Wordnik.com. [A Little More Willpower Can Change Your Life] Reference
In the case of Ross Perot, candidate, the dictum is doubly apt. From Wordnik.com. [The Man And The Myth] Reference
Feehan was following an old dictum: "Firemen should never run.". From Wordnik.com. [The Day That Changed America] Reference
The White House must begin following Bush's own be-humble dictum. From Wordnik.com. [What Bush Needs To Learn] Reference
But that dictum could change depending on the severity of an outbreak. From Wordnik.com. [Facing Up To Smallpox] Reference
By the dictum of the court order, nothing could be said in front of the children. From Wordnik.com. [What the Stepmother Wanted to Say] Reference
The theologian did not think that his dictum would be given such a wide application. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
"Never embarrass the bureau" was a dictum of the FBI's legendary director J. Edgar Hoover. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For Justice] Reference
Yet Bismarck's dictum about politics as the art of the possible is not altogether correct. From Wordnik.com. [Wonkbook: State aid delayed; EPA regs face lawsuit; GOP targets health care funding; oil spill larger than thought] Reference
But the divine in question never thought his dictum would be given such a wide application. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
I often heard another dictum, and one of more importance, that I feel inclined to question. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Or, to paraphrase an old Army dictum, if you crush the cells, the hearts and minds will follow. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorist Triage] Reference
There's a cynical dictum in Hollywood that if you want an Oscar, make a movie about the Holocaust. From Wordnik.com. [Tale Of A Dark Horse] Reference
In the book, he shot back at Mies van der Rohe's dictum, "Less is more" and said, "Less is a bore.". From Wordnik.com. [The Thinking Man Of Design] Reference
The U. S.'s ballooning trade deficit with China, and associated job losses, testify to this dictum. From Wordnik.com. [Usha Haley: The Pandora's Box of Trade With China] Reference
Marx hated that idea -- and his famous dictum was, in fact, a historian's protest against human nature. From Wordnik.com. [Nigel Hamilton: History As Tragedy -- The Republican 'Pledge to America'] Reference
In that case, according to Bishop Butler's dictum, we should believe it as though it were demonstrated. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
I'm reminded of Karl Marx's famous dictum, that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. From Wordnik.com. [Nigel Hamilton: History As Tragedy -- The Republican 'Pledge to America'] Reference
Even before Skinner, he noted Justice Louis Brandeis's famous dictum in 1928 about the "right to be let alone.". From Wordnik.com. [Is Roe Good Law?] Reference
It's a slightly altered version of Lenin's famous dictum about selling us a rope with which we'll hang ourselves. From Wordnik.com. [THE END OF TELEVISION] Reference
In making their case, Krugman and others refer back to a hallowed economic dictum, the law of diminishing returns. From Wordnik.com. [Why Barriers Don’t Matter] Reference
The age of the dictum has morphed into the age of the discussion, and dissent is no longer synonymous with treason. From Wordnik.com. [The Weight of What-If] Reference
Baker is mindful of Ronald Reagan's old dictum that you can accomplish a lot if you don't care who gets the credit. From Wordnik.com. [So Now What, Mr. President?] Reference
Today, more than ever, Willie Sutton's dictum is right on. From Wordnik.com. [Job Creation Idea No. 9: Encourage Banks To Lend -- Or Else] Reference
But as a RULE OF THUMB, the dictum is perfectly unexceptionable and modestly useful. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar] Reference
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